Global study finds there really are more insects out after dark


by Phys.org

Phys.org— Have you ever wondered if there are more insects out at night than during the day?

Phys.org—Global study shows a third more insects come out after dark. A groundbreaking study, led by Dr. Mark Wong of The University of Western Australia, has provided the first global picture of insect activity patterns across the fundamental day–night cycle.

One Green Planet—Study Finds That Insects and Other Animals Have Consciousness. Recent revelations from the Bee Sensory and Behavioral Ecology Lab at Queen Mary University have unveiled the playful antics of bumblebees.

The Guardian—Global heating and urbanisation to blame for severity of UAE floods, study finds. World Weather Attribution group says intensified El Niño effects caused torrential rain, but rules out cloud seeding as causeFossil fuels and concrete combined to worsen the “death trap” conditions during recent record flooding in the United Arab Emirates and Oman, a study has found.Scientists from the World Weather Attribution team said downpours in El Niño years such as this one had become 10-40% heavier in the region as a result of human-cased climate disruption, while a lack of natural...